Manningtree

Manningtree is a small town in the English county of Essex in the Tendring District. The place is 12 km northeast of Colchester and 75 km south of Norwich. It is adjacent to Mistley.

History

Settlements could be detected at the site date back to the Roman period. Manningtree is mentioned Lyrically the first time in 1202. The origin of the name is unclear, but is probably due to the simple local description "many trees" back ( " many trees "). In 1238 Manningtree received the status of a market town.

A brief mention of it is in addition in the drama Henry IV by William Shakespeare, in which of " roasted Manningtree ox" ( " roasted Manningtree - ox " ) is mentioned, which probably dates back to the medieval tradition, there at the annual folk festival a whole ox to roast at a time. A representation of the scene is now on a house wall in the city center. Manningtree was also from 1640 a significant impact site of Matthew Hopkins, a self-appointed inquisitor, whose atrocities were shown in the film The Witch Hunter.

The city is strongly influenced by Georgian architecture, suggesting a heyday of the town 1720-1840. This is probably due to the fact that the inhabitants in the 18th century, the 90 km distant London supplied by sea food. In the floods of 1953 and Manningtree has been hit hard, which subsequently led to the construction of a large retaining wall.

Attractions and Tourism

Manningtree offers an expansive beach, from which you can look at the coastline of Suffolk, an interesting for foreign tourists mixture of British architecture, consisting of cottages and Georgian buildings. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous small, typical English retail and dining establishments. There is also a museum, a small theater ( Manifest Theatre ) and two galleries ( Cooper 's Gallery and North House Gallery). Around the city extend some well -prepared and marked trails, both inland and along the coast.

Furthermore, can be reached from Manningtree in a short time the places Colchester, Ipswich and Felixstowe. About the Manningtree railway station of the city is directly connected to one of London's major railway stations, Liverpool Street train station, connected; the travel time is one hour.

Twinning

• Germany Frankenberg ( Eder), Germany - since 1971

Personalities

• Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), lived in Manningtree, when she worked as a chemist for BX Plastics